Hapuna Sunrise - The Wedge

Acrylic 14 x 11 on a smooth board. This was based on a serendipitous webcam moment! I was checking the surf on the Mauna Kea Beach Resort webcams at https://www.maunakearesort.com/play/resort-happenings/webcam and was lucky to catch the sun just hitting the tops of the wave and the edges of the trees. I called to ask and was told a screen shot from the live cam doesn't have copyright issues - so pleased as this was a grand moment and I really wanted to paint it! The bird is probably an egret - there were several on the webcam - but in another age it might have been a koae kea. I don't know if they are seen here but I have seen them in Kohala, so not far away. As always, I used other references as well, including my many years of memories. I recall swimming in that wave as a child. Now a popular surf spot, it has acquired the name "The Hapuna Wedge"